Drive naming.

[PierreL]

I switch an external hard drive between two PCs. Upon doing this I discovered
that this drive named (H) under PC1 was recognized as (I) when it came back
to PC1. The problem is I have an application that recognizes the location of
stored maps as (H: ..... maps) and I cannot access them anymore. The
application does does not allow redirection and I have so many maps I can't
do it one by one.

Is there a way to force this drive to be recognized as (H) when there is
none that have taken that letter?

Thanks,

Pierre

 

[M.I.5¾]

I switch an external hard drive between two PCs. Upon doing this I
discovered
that this drive named (H) under PC1 was recognized as (I) when it came
back
to PC1. The problem is I have an application that recognizes the location
of
stored maps as (H: ..... maps) and I cannot access them anymore. The
application does does not allow redirection and I have so many maps I
can't
do it one by one.

Is there a way to force this drive to be recognized as (H) when there is
none that have taken that letter?

Certainly is.

Right click on 'My Computer' and select 'Manage'. Now select Drive
Management from the left side menu. You might find it easier to make the
box bigger at this point. Somewhere on the right you external drive will
appear and the partition will be shown as I:. Right click and select Change
Drive letter. It should be self explanatory from there.

 

[M.I.5¾]

Certainly is.

Right click on 'My Computer' and select 'Manage'. Now select Drive
Management from the left side menu. You might find it easier to make the
box bigger at this point. Somewhere on the right you external drive will
appear and the partition will be shown as I:. Right click and select
Change Drive letter. It should be self explanatory from there.

I should have added that the drive letter you select should become sticky
unless something else occupies H: when you plug it in or (likely) you plug
it into a different USB port.

 

[PierreL]

Thanks for the answer and reminding me that under "right click" there is
always an unexplored mine of soolutions.

 

[PierreL]

Hello,
problem appears again when I permute the HD between two machines, BUT
now the drive letter does not apeear anymore when I use the process you
proposed, only the technical description of the drive (Seagate, etc.)
What should I do next?
Thanks,
Pierre

 

[PierreL]

Found it!
"My Computer" appears in different environments and the contingent menu
differe then.
The "My Computer " should be the one under Explorer